Wire-fence machine



(No Model.) I '1". H.-DANIBLS WIRE FENCE MACHINE- N-0."52'8,764. PatentdNov. 6, 1894.

NITED STATES I PATENT uton.

WIRE-FENCE MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,764, dated November6, 1894.

Application filed January 13, 1393- Serlal No. 458,192. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED H. DANIELS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and Oommonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements inMachinery for Making Wire Fencing, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine capable of splittinga wiretrod into a plurality of members, and subsequently working saidmembers into finished fencing.

My invention relates particularly to that style of wire fencing known astwo-strand fencing, composed of two strands twisted together, to one orboth of which strands a barb may be attached.

My machine is capable of making fencing from a rod of any shape whichcan be split into a plurality of members. In practice, I prefer to use awire-rod composed of a series of two or more ribs connected by athin'web, aform of wire-rod which may conveniently be made.

In the drawings,Figure 1 represents a sec tional view of this form ofrod as it comes from the rolling-mill. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesplitting-device, and a partial plan view of the fencing machine,showing only such parts as are peculiar to my improved construction.Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the splitting device showing, disengagedfrom their bearings, the spindles which operate the splitting disks, anda section of the rod in the process of being split. Fig. 4 is a sideelevation showing the splitting device and mechanism connecting it withthe main shaft of the machine, by which it is actuated.

1, Fig. 2, is the driving pulley. 2. is the main shaft to which isattached the plate 3, by means ofwhioh and the'connecting arm 4, and thepawl and ratchet 5, motion is imparted to the feed-rolls 6, which act inthe ordinary way upon the two strands 7 and 8, feeding them into themachine in the direction of the arrow.

By means of the gear-wheels 9 and 10, (Fig. 4,) attached to the shaft 2,the connecting arm 11 and gear wheel 12, motion is imparted through thespindles 13 and 14, to the cutting disks 15 and 16.

In the use of my improved machine, the rod may be brought direct fromthe rollingmill and placed upon a reel, (not shown in the drawings,) atthe rear of the fence machine. The rod is then passed between thefriction rolls 17 and 18 between the straightening. rolls 19,20 and 21,and between the cutting disks l5 and 16, the edges of which are broughtinto contact with the rod in such a manner that it may be split into themembers 7 and 8, which pass through the guides 22 and 23 between thefeed-rolls and thence through the several operations common in themanufacture of wire fencing.

I do not confine myself to any particular form of rod, as any rodcapable of being split into a plurality of members may be used in myimproved machine; andI may place my splitting device between two fencemachines, supplying both with the wire necessary for the finished cable,and it may be found feasible to supply with one rod a larger number ofmachines; nor, do I confine myself to any particular style of splittingdevice, or arrangement of the accompanying mechanism. I have illustratedin the drawings mechanism which I have found convenient and effectivefor the purpose.

The utility of my improved machine will be apparentto any one familiarwith the art of making wire fencing, as it makes feasible themanufacture of fencing, composed of more than one strand, directly fromthe wire rod, as it leaves the rolling-mill, without the intermediateprocesses of drawing and annealing, heretofore usually necessary in thepreparation of wire for this purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a wire fence machine, the combination of mechanism for separatinga wire rod into a plurality of members, withmechanism for advancing saidseparated members through the machine to the fence-forming devices, andmechanism connecting and timing the same necting and timing the same,whereby the re separated members of the wire rod may be continuouslyworked into finished fencing, substantially as shown and described.

FRED I-I. DANIELS.

Witnesses:

R. M. WASHBURN, G. G. WASHBURN.

